And by the folded lawns all day -
No idle gods for such a land -
All active Love should take its way
With active Labour hand in hand.
(Had I The Power That Have The Will)
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A little love is none at allThat wanders or that fears;
A hearty love dwells still at call
To kisses or to tears.
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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A generous prayer is never presented in vain the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation.
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In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
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To forget oneself is to be happy.
Robert Louis Stevenson
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
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